Garment-supporter.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1907.

Application filed March 28, 1907. Serial No. 365,154.

T0 al?, whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. NARAMORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and. useful Improvements in Garment- Supporters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inventionJ such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to garment supporters, but more particularly has reference to devices which are used to properly secure a womans shirt waist and skirt.

My invention consists in the combination of parts and the arrangement of parts such as will be hereinafter fully set forth and then particularly pointed out in the claims which conclude this application.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is an elevation of my improvement-Fig 2 an elevation illustrating my improvement in proper position around the waist of the wearer and outside the shirt waist, and Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the belt of the skirt attached in position.

Similar numerals of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Heretofore various devices have been contrived for holding shirt waists and skirts in position, which devices have encircled the waist of the wearer, but these prior constructions have been provided with a metal girdle which extends practically all around the waist, or else a flexible fabric girdle has been provided. rlhe disadvantage of a metal girdle is that it is not only uncomfortable at the side hip sections, but is constantly riding up and down at these locations. A girdle made entirely of a fabric tape will afford no proper support for the garments and ldoes not therefore possess the advantages of a n'ietal girdle.

The object of my improvement is to provide a girdle which shall do away with these disadvantages and which will be best understood from the following description1 1 is a back plate made of thin metal having projecting from its upper edge a stud 2, and provided with a lip 3 depending from its lower edge and curled around the stationary bar of an ordinary safety pin 4.

5 are thin metal strips whose inner ends are pivoted at 6 to the lateral extremities of the plate 17 so that said strips will be capable of a swinging movement owing to these pivotal connections. Fastened through slots 7 in the outer extremities of these strips 5 are flexible tapes 8, 9, the latter provided at its extremity with a buckle 10 whereby the device may be secured around the person of the wearer.

In utilizing my improvement the latter is fastened around the waist of the wearer outside the shirt waist 11, with the plate 1 at the back middle portion of the waist and the safety pin l passed through the shirt waist, as shown at Fig. 2,

The band 12 of the skirt is provided with a loop 13 which is passed over the stud 2, this band entirely concealing the strips 5 and the body portion of the plate 1, as shown at Fig. 3.

The strips 5 extend immediately above the rear portions of the hips while the fiexible tapes S, 9, are around the si de portions of the waist, so that it will be clear that there can be no slipping or chang at these side portions, while at the same time, when the wearer moves her body, these strips 5 will have a play from the pivotal points 6, thus adding greatly to the comfort of the wearer.

I do not wish to be understood as basing any claim for novelty on the safety pin device carried by the lower portion of the plate 1, since I am aware that this is not new, but

What I do claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a device of the character described, the combination of the metallic back plate having integral therewith a stud which projects upwardly from the top edge of said plate, the metallic strips having their inner ends pivoted to the lateral extremities of said plate, and. the flexible tapes fastened to the outer ends of said strips for attachment around the Waist of the wearer.

2. Ina device of the character described, the combination of the metal plate having projecting from its upper edge a stud and IOC and adapted to be secured around the waist of the wearer. Y 1o In testimony whereof I affix my signature ln presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK J. NARAMORE. Witnesses:

F. W. SMITH, Jr., M. T. LONGDEN. 

